OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote in message . ..


...Grumman was awarded the $350M contract in September 1962, with
five
major subcontractors along for the ride: Bell Aerosystems (Ascent
Engine), Hamilton Standard (ECS), Marquardt (RCS), Rocketdyne (Descent
Engine) and Raytheon (Computer Systems).

...What I'm curious about are two things:

1) Who were the other 8 or 9 contractors bidding for the LM?

2) What were their proposals?



OM


Doesn't Mark Wade's site have some info on the other Apollo LEM bids?
I haven't seen any illustrations of LEM proposals on his site though.
The Martin design, IIRC had a spherical ascent stage with heleicopter
style windows. This sat upon the descent stage that looked like it was
made from corrugated aluminum. I think there were 5 legs too. I'll
have to go back and look at the picture again. I don't have it handy.

Gene